A Guide to the University of Texas at San Antonio: Library: Office of the Dean Records, 1976-2009

University of Texas at San Antonio. Library. Office of the Dean Records

Dates:

1976-2009

Creator Abstract:

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Library was established in 1973, the first year students were admitted to the new university. As of 2009, the Library has three locations: the John Peace Library on UTSA's 1604 Campus, the Downtown Library at UTSA's Downtown Campus, and the Archives unit of the Archives and Special Collections department at the Hemisfair Campus. The first Dean of Libraries was Dr. Michael Kelly, who served from 1973 until his retirement in 2005.

Content Abstract:

The collection spans the years 1976 through 2008 and documents the administration of the University of Texas at San Antonio Library, chiefly while directed by Dean of the Library Michael Kelly. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, strategic plans, job descriptions, financial records, minutes and agendas of various faculty/staff organizations and advisory boards, newsletters, and files documenting library exhibits, library services, library committees, library programs and activities, associations with professional organizations, and other topics.

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Library was established in 1973, the first year students were admitted to the new university. The first Dean of Libraries (then called the Director of Libraries) was Dr. Michael Kelly, who served from the Library's inception in 1973 until his retirement in 2005.

The Library's first location was in the Koger Center's Goliad Building, where it remained until its temporary move into the University gymnasium in 1975. The Library moved to its permanent home, the John Peace Library, in 1976. A second branch of the library at the UTSA Downtown campus opened in 1999. The Archives unit of the Archives and Special Collections department is located at the Institute of Texan Cultures in downtown San Antonio.

Prior to his coming to UTSA, Dean Michael Kelly taught at the University of Kentucky College of Library Science. During his tenure as Library Dean, Kelly also served as interim dean of fine arts in the early 1980s, interim director of the Division of Architecture and Interior Design in 2000, and parliamentarian of the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council until the end of 2005. He also served as chairman of the Council of Research and Academic Libraries (CORAL) in the San Antonio area and served on various advisory committees including the UTSA Administrative Planning Council, UTSA Deans' Council, UTSA Downtown Center Planning Group, UTSA Downtown Council, UTSA Executive Leadership Council, and the University of Texas System Advisory Committee on Library Affairs.

Sources:

Danini, Carmina. "Kelly Was UTSA's First Director and Dean of Libraries." San Antonio Express-News 24 May 2006: 4-B.

The collection spans the years 1976 through 2009 and documents the administration of the University of Texas at San Antonio Library, chiefly while directed by Dean of the Library Michael Kelly. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, strategic plans, job descriptions, financial records, minutes and agendas of various faculty/staff organizations and advisory boards, newsletters, and files documenting library exhibits, library services, library committees, library programs and activities, associations with professional organizations, and other topics. The collection is divided into two series: Administrative Files, Architectural Materials, and Addition of March 2009 (Acc. 2009-016).

This collection is housed at UTSA's Hemisfair Campus and must be accessed via the Institute of Texan Cultures Special Collections Reading Room. To request access, please use our Collections Request Form.

Processed and encoded by Angela McClendon Ossar, University Archivist, January 2009.

Addition encoded by Tatina Wulzer, Collections Assistant, March 2009.

Addition encoded by Sean Heyliger, November, 2010.

Addition encoded by Sean Heyliger, November, 2012.

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Administrative Files,
1976-2008

This series comprises the administrative files of Michael Kelly, Dean of the Library. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, strategic plans, job descriptions, financial records, minutes and agendas of various faculty/staff organizations and advisory boards, newsletters, and files documenting library exhibits, library services, library committees, library programs and activities, associations with professional organizations, and other topics.

Original folder titles were retained.

1.1. General Files, circa 1976-2008

Office files of the University of Texas at San Antonio Library administration. Includes files on Library services, strategic planning, the Library newsletter Library Focus, Library committees such as the Web Team and Classified Staff Affairs Committee, job descriptions, the Library's relationships with professional organizations, and a variety of other topics. General correspondence and memoranda is available in subseries 1.2: Correspondence and Memoranda.

Arranged alphabetically by advisory committee. Arranged chronologically thereafter, with the exception of UT System Advisory Committee on Library Affairs files. UT System files are arranged alphabetically by project.

Includes individual files on NOTIS, OCLC, OVID, and "Tests at UT Libraries."

10

File server project - overheads

11

Health science libraries report

12

Information technology initiative - Andersen Consulting

13

JSTOR/Trust Infrastructure

14

Libraries project

15

Libraries report

16

Library Enrichment Program (proposed), 1986

17

Operating documents - agenda/minutes

18

Permian Basin Library Interface Solution (PBLIS)

19-20

Remote storage

Box

Folder

12

38

Report of the Washington Advisory Group, LLC on research capability expansion for the University of Texas at San Antonio, 2004

Box

Folder

6

21

Strategic Plan 1994-2000

22

Strategic planning, 1993-1994

23

System costs distribution

24

Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund, 1995

UTSA Ad Hoc Committee on Library Development and Coordination

Box

13

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Library Development and CoordinationMay, 1970

1.4. Faculty and Staff Organizations,1983-2003

This subseries documents the Dean's involvement with university-wide faculty and staff organizations including the UTSA Faculty Senate, Graduate Council, and University Assembly. Materials include meeting minutes, agendas, correspondence, and related materials.